''Songs for the Underclass'' is an EP by

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, released August 26, 2014 on

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."Art Bergmann: 'Songs for the Underclass'"
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'', August 13, 2014. Prior to writing and recording the EP, Bergmann had spent several years effectively retired from the music business. Living on a farm in rural

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while recovering from

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,"Bergmann still kicking the chair away; Arthritis can't dampen spirit of punk". '' Victoria Times-Colonist'', September 4, 2014. he continued to perform sporadic live shows and released two albums of archival demo recordings, but had not recorded a new album since 1998's ''

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''."CanCon legend is still angry after all these years". ''

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'', October 23, 2014. The EP, one of the most explicitly political works of Bergmann's career, was inspired by his renewed anger at the direction of contemporary politics,"A punk still in his prime". ''

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'', October 22, 2014. and was supported by his most extensive tour of concert dates since the 1990s.

Track listing

References

2014 EPs Art Bergmann albums {{2010s-alt-rock-album-stub